An international study by the Hygiene Council rated 12 countries on the basis of personal and household hygiene. The scores for handwashing and household hygiene are below:

Percentage of respondents who wash hands 5+ times daily

Percentage with high household hygiene score
The research study sought to characterize the key determinants of personal and household hygiene behaviours that affect health cross-culturally; to pinpoint the key factors in different personalities and settings that determine hygiene behaviour, and highlight those that can be modified to improve health. Read more.
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    Navaneethan commented

    I’m sorry, I don’t understand how the title is related to either of the graphs. It seems that Indian households are rated 68.7 for hygiene, which I think means that 68.7 of Indian households surveyed practise good hygiene? This appears to be higher than almost all the other countries surveyed.

    I’m very suspicious that the US is so low, since most households here seem pretty clean, but I suspect it’s a matter of whom you choose to sample.

    Am I making some mistake here?

    November 9, 2011 at 11:36 pm